Grashüpfer
[ˈɡʁaːsˌhʏp͡fɐ]
The verdict
“Grashüpfer” is uncommon German (frequency #93,008 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,008
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artenreiche Unterfamilie der Heuschrecken, die vor allem in Wiesen und Grünlandbrachen vorkommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-grashupfer · Grashüpfer · German
Grashüpfer · rank #93,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,008
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grammatikalis…
Nearest frequency peer: grammatikalischen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Grashüpfer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Golfclubs
Golfclubs
6,997 corpus weight
- grafischer
grafischer
6,995 corpus weight
- grammatikal…
grammatikalischen
6,994 corpus weight
- Grashüpfer
Grashüpfer
6,993 corpus weight
- gravieren
gravieren
6,992 corpus weight
- grenzenden
grenzenden
6,991 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grashüpfer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grashüpfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːsˌhʏp͡fɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grashüpfer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grashüpfer is uncommon German at frequency #93,008 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːsˌhʏp͡fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Grashüpfer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Grashüpfer, spelled G-R-A-S-H-Ü-P-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1artenreiche Unterfamilie der Heuschrecken, die vor allem in Wiesen und Grünlandbrachen vorkommt
- 2Individuum, das den Heuschrecken zuzurechnen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grashüpfer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber weißt du auch, dass selbst der bescheidene Grashüpfer für wert befunden wird, als Hieroglyphe verewigt zu werden?“
In der Wiese saßen so viele Grashüpfer, dass die Geräuschkulisse ohrenbetäubend war.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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